MONMOUTH — Dirigo baseball defeats are so infrequent that they get taken personally, especially when the Cougars feel there were extenuating circumstances. There are no asterisks in the Heal Point standings, of course, but the absence of seniors Kaine Hutchins, Tyler Frost and Mitch Kubesh didn’t help Dirigo’s cause in a season-opening home loss to Monmouth. […]
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RSU 10 superintendent fields questions on budget, other matters
BUCKFIELD — The second public hearing on the 2015-16 Regional School Unit 10 budget Thursday night drew a few people, one of whom asked about reaccreditation. Judy Berg asked why the decision was made not to seek reaccreditation for the district’s three high schools in Buckfield, Rumford and Dixfield. Superintendent Craig King said it was […]
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H.S. Track: Collier shatters personal best in 300 hurdles as Lisbon sweeps MVC meet
Collier accomplished that feat Tuesday, and did so against one of the top Class C hurdlers in the state, Boothbay’s Morgan Crocker. In her first meeting of the season with Crocker, Collier ran a personal best of 49.46 seconds in the 300 as Lisbon once again swept a Mountain Valley Conference meet. “I had tougher […]
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H.S. softball: Hall-Dale gives Dirigo the Rush
With two outs, two strikes and two runners on, the Hall-Dale senior wasn’t being picky. “I knew there were two people on and I knew I had to do something productive,” the Hall-Dale third baseman said. “Actually, the pitch was high, and I don’t usually swing at those. I knew I had to protect, and […]
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H.S. Softball: Telstar takes advantage of Dirigo miscues in win
BETHEL — All signs pointed to Friday’s Mountain Valley Conference softball clash between Telstar and Dirigo being full of offensive fire power. It, of course, turned out to be pitcher’s duel instead. Telstar pitcher Olivia York silenced Dirigo’s bats, tossing a complete-game four- hitting and striking out nine in the Rebels’ 5-1 victory. York retired […]
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New assistant principal and new athletic director hired at RSU 10
DIXFIELD — When classes resume in Regional School Unit 10 later this year, Dirigo High and Middle schools will have a new assistant principal and a new athletic director. The RSU 10 board Monday appointed Jason Long, a longtime social studies teacher at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School in Paris, as assistant principal at the […]
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H.S. Baseball: Dirigo wins pitching duel against Lisbon
DIXFIELD — Typically, it takes more than one hit to win a baseball game. But with Gavin Arsenault on the mound, Dirigo didn’t need a surplus of offensive production to bypass Lisbon on Monday. The Dirigo starting pitcher went all seven innings, scattering five hits while striking out 10 and walking just two in the […]
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H.S. Baseball: Dirigo uses patience to get past St. Dom’s
Instead of swinging at the first pitch they saw, Dirigo hitters worked the count against St. Dom’s freshman pitcher Gavin Bates. They were rewarded with 12 walks, which helped steer the Cougars to an 11-7 victory. “We’re an aggressive team, a very, very aggressive team,” Dirigo coach Ryan Palmer said. “It was tough to tell […]
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H.S. Baseball: Dirigo leapfrogs Oak Hill on Cooper Chiasson single in sixth
WALES — Dirigo baseball is senior-led and tradition-rich, as usual. When a freshman and a first-year junior starter are the ones coming up with the big hits in a late-inning rally, good luck to the rest of the MVC. The ninth-grader, third baseman and left fielder Cooper Chiasson, capped the Cougars’ comeback with a two-run single […]
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RSU 10 forums advocate maintaining regional identities
DIXFIELD — Data collected from three public forums in Regional School Unit 10 indicate residents favor moving some grades and closing some buildings while maintaining regional identities. The forums, which were attended by hundreds of residents, were prompted by declining enrollment in the Western Foothills School District and rising costs to maintain a high number […]